The Nuremberg trial Against the Major War Criminals and International Law

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ID9560282
AuthorsHans Ehard (corresponding author)
Year1949
Volume43
Issue2
Pages223-245
Publication date1949-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2193033
OpenAlexW2322260932
LanguageEN
Citations received5

“The trial which is now about to begin is unique in the history of the jurisprudence of the world and it is of supreme importance to millions of people all over the globe.” Thus spoke the President of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Lord Justice Lawrence, upon the occasion of the institution of the so-called Trial against the Major War Criminals on November 20, 1945. If his statement is correct, then the German people undoubtedly rank in first place among these millions. This also was the opinion of the chief prosecutor which recurred several times in his statements. Thus the French representative, Mr. François de Menthon, exclaimed: This work of justice is equally indispensable for the future of the German people...The initial condemnation of Nazi Germany by your High Tribunal will be a first lesson for these people and will constitute the best starting point ... of re-education which must be its great concern during the coming years... Your judgment ... can serve as a foundation for the moral uplift of the German people, first stage in its integration into the community of free countries

Economic Justice · German · International law · Jurisprudence · Nazism · Nuremberg trials · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Special court · Supreme court · Tribunal · War crime · World War II · History · International Law and Human Rights · Law

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